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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-08-13, Page 7GORRIE recov- •3 Roe) of Tor- and Hartwell Johnston and Mr. and Mrs. was a Toner a rather serious operation, them both a speedy Miss Frances Wylie, of Wroxeter, Spent a few days with her aunt, Mrs. John Wylie, Master Billy Edwards visited with Harriston friends a few days week, Mr. and Mrs. Mueller and baby of Waterloo, were guests of Mr. Mrs. R. G. Dane on Monday of week. The Goirie United Church Anni­ versary has been arranged to be held ■on October 11th with Rev. George Watts, of Milverton, as the special speaker. The choir will be assisted by the Harriston Ladies' Trio. Mrs. Woodcock visited last week with relatives at Palmerston. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wylie, Lorna and Donald, have returned to their home at Leaside after spending the past month at Bruce Beach and with his mother, Mrs. John Wylie here. Miss Katherine Hooey, of Toronto, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. R. G. Dane and Mr. Dane. Mr. James T. Shera visited with relatives in London on Thursday last. Mrs. Brewster, of Toronto, called on Miss A. Douglas on Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Butchard, of Guelph, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gregg. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Acre and dau- (■p- ghters, Barbara and Margery, of Pon­ tiac, Mich., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shera and other relatives. Mrs. Robert Cooley, of Brewster, N.Y., was a guest on Sat­ urday at the same home. Mr. and Mrs. Jardine, of Toronto, spent the week-end with Mrs. S. Munro, who returned to the city with them and will spend a week or ten ■days visiting friends. Mrs, R. G. Dane and Miss Hooey accompanied Mr. Delbert Clegg to London on Sunday where they visit­ ed their sister, Mrs. F. B. Meyer. Mr. ■Clegg spent the afternoon with his wife who is also receiving treatment. Miss Pearl Harding, of Toronto, is -spending this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Harding. Miss Elsie Barton, of Drayton visit­ ed her cousin, Miss Dorothy Edwards last week. Mr. Percy Sparling of Sault Ste. Marie, is holidaying with his father, Mr. John Sparling, Mr. Ralph Watters of Kirkland •Lake, Mrs. Maguire and two daugh­ ters, of Englehart, are guests of their uncle, Mr. J, T. Shera and Mrs. Shera. Mr. Ira Hamilton and son, Jack, al­ so Master Billy Handy, all of Tor­ onto, spent Sunday with the form­ er’s mother, Mrs. C. Hamilton. Jack ■remained for a longer vacation with his grandmother. Miss Bernice Day returned home on Sunday after spending the past week with friends in Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. John Hyndman spent the week-end with their daughter, Mrs. F. Dowdell and Mr. Dowdell in Toronto. Mrs. Dowdell and little dau­ ghter, returned home with them and are spending a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Thurston and family of Brandon, are guests of Mr. Wilbur and Mr. Oliver Gallaway.T Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Anger were: Mr. and Mrs. John An­ ger and family of Guelph, Mr. and Mrs. George Anger and family, of Wroxeter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Anger and family, 9th con., Mr. Matthew Anger of Moorefield, and Mr. H. Fel- kar, of Molesworth. Guests at the parsonage over the week-end were: Mr. Pinch and two sons, Mrs. Truax and daughter of Te­ cumseh, Mrs. Burton and daughter, Miss Jean, of Milverton, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fydell this week. Mrs. Archie Davis and two child­ ren, of Toronto, were guests of her sister, Mrs. E. W. Bolton arid Mr. Bolton last week. Mr. Gibbs and son Donald, of Londesboro, were guests at the same home. Dr. and Mrs. Armstrong spent Fri­ day with the doctor’s sister, Mrs. Scott and Mr. Scott at Blyth. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sparling spent the week-end with relatives at Elm­ vale, Barrie and Alliston. Miss Jean Sparling who has completed a sum­ mer course in Toronto, returned with them. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Thursday, August 13th, 1936 POWERS THREATENED ARMED ACTION IN SPANISH C IVIL WAR Eye Service CONSULT F. F. HOMUTH Eyesight Specialist Phone 118s Harriston F fv1 1 ft < 3® W *4 4 4 £ 4 and root stocks, These experiments indicate very clearly that cultivation during the hot dry weather of late June, July and August is much more effective in kilL ing the root stocks of these weeds than cultivation in September or lat­ er. Infested areas should be brought under the plough as soon as possible. In doing so, weeds will be controlled and succeeding crops will benefit. Whitfield were: Mr. and Mrs. Ross Fraser, of Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Robinson, Fordwich, Mrs. Jas. Fournier (nee Letitia onto, Messrs. George Spciran, Ethel, Mrs. son, Carl of Bluevale, John Speirs and daughter Laura and Mrs. Jos. Whitfield of Brussels. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Whitfield will regret they are both confined to their beds. Mrs. Whit­ field is suffering from a heart condi­ tion, while Mr. Whitfield is recover­ ing from We wish ery. Mrs. J.Hicks of Toronto guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. last week. Dr. James Hutchison of New York is spending his vacation with his mo­ ther, Mrs. H. Hutchison, and other relatives. Master Earle King spent last week with his uncle, Mr. Frank Earls, near W roxeter. Misses Dorothy and Margaret Ar- scott, of Toronto, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tucker and children, of Trowbridge, spent Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Earl. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hastie and children, Edith and Bobbie, and Mr. and Mrs. W. King and Earle spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Moffat at Wingham, where 42 members of the Moffat and Earls families were present, also Mrs. E. Purrott and son, George, of Hamil­ ton. It was over ten years since they were all together. Mrs. Ira McLean and daughter, Marilyn, of Brussels, are spending this week with her sister, Mrs. W. C. King. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wheeler and sons, Lloyd and Glen, of Brussels, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Nor­ man Wade. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Webber, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Webber and Mrs. Cook of Lakelet, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Wade and dau­ ghter, Wilda, of Owen Sound, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nor­ man Wade. Miss Bessie Wylie has returned home from Toronto where she has spent the last five weeks taking a course. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wassman, of Walkerville, spent a day last week with the latter’s sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Stafford. Mrs. E. Purrott and son, George, and little Marie Wodehouse, of Ham­ ilton, also Mrs. A. Earls, of near Wroxeter, spent Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. King. Dr. and Mrs. Porterfield of Chcs- ley, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Wade also with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wade on Friday last. Mr. and Mrs. George Foster, Miss M. Foster, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Baker, of near Fordwich, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. G. Jefferson at Owen Sound. Miss M. Foster remained for a longer holi­ day with her sister. Warships bombarded cities of Al­ geciras and Gijon setting both aflame. The British ancKArgentine consulates at Algeciras were destroyed and the wife of the British vice-Consul was injured. (1) Going into the third week of the civil war, a makeshift squid is escorting a Lolayist army of­ ficer through Madrid's streets with a three sisters: Thomas of Howick, Ont.; Wesley at Sault Ste. Marie; 'Mrs. Robert Roe and Mrs. O. S. Roe of Pickford, Mich,, and Mrs. M. Stockton ,of Harriston, Ont. Col. B. D. Wallace was a well-known resident of the Newbridge community and will be remembered by many of the older residents who will regret learning of his death. JOINT PICNIC GREAT SUCCESS Omission was made in these col­ umns last week, of the splendid picnic held by the joint Sunday Schools of Gorrie and Orange Hill United Churches Victoria Park, Gorrie. A full program of sports .and races was carried out and everybody joined in the spirit of the day’s outing. The Gorrie lads opened the afternoon of sports by defeating the farm boys in a close softball game. This was, fol­ lowed by a thrilling hand ball game between two teams of energetic lad­ ies, captained by Mrs. G. Edgar and Mrs. G. Baker, the former winning the contest 8-7. Then a young ladies’ team, coached by Mrs. Harry Hastie, triumphed in softball 18-7 over Mrs. Fydell’s class. Races and unique con­ tests were heartily entered into, and the children soojj cashed in their nick­ el and dime prizes at the ice cream booth. Perhaps the outstanding con­ test was the ladies’ slipper contest. The winner was Miss Nellie Ruttan whose slipper kick far outdistanced her rivals. After a hearty lunch the married and single men engaged in a softball combat, the latter scoring a 24-21 vic­ tory in seven innings. banner seized in a raid on one of the barracks. (2) A contingent of gov­ ernment volunteers being cheered as they leave Madrid to fight rebels north of the city. Soldiers are given the Red salute. (3) Scene of carn­ age in the courtyard of Montana bar­ racks at Madrid after the Loyalist forces had subdued the rebels who held the barracks in a state of siege. Many of the dead are rebels who ran out of the barracks but refused to surrender, and were shot down in" their tracks. Reports indicated that Germany and Britain might intervene in the civil war if their nationals are further endangered. in Wroxeter Cemetery following a service at her late home. Before her marriage she was Me­ linda McWhinney, was born at Dork-i ing nearly 70 years ago, daughter of and Mrs. Robert McWhinney. married Mr. Henery 20 years ago resided in Listowel and Milver- until about 10 years ago when they moved to their farm near Dork­ ing. Besides her husband, she is sur­ vived by a brother, Wesley McWhin­ ney, of Listowel. News and Information For The Busy Farmer Sugar Beet Crop The present outlook for the sugar beet crop is considered fairly good. Three-quarters of the acreage shows a near average appearance, while the remainder is rather patchy and not more than 75% of a normal stand. The acreage reseeded, destroyed by insects, or which failed to germinate, does not exceed 10% of the total area seeded. Showers, ranging from 1-3 to 1-2 inch of rain on June 26th and almost an inch on" the’29'tli," ensured development of late seedlings and ra­ pid growth of beets already thinned. Grading Canned Tomatoes According to the amended regula­ tions on the grading for canned tom­ atoes and tomato products under the Meat and Canned Foods Act, there are four grades of canned tomatoes — Fancy, Choice, Standard, and Sec­ ond quality. The canned product of all grades must be packed from sound, clean fruit, and be free from pieces of skin, cores, black spots or sun scald. The Fancy Quality grade must contain at least 65% drained, tomato solids, Choice Quality grade, at least 55%, and Standard Quality grade, at least 45 per cent. If salt or sugar is used, either must be used dry or dissolved in the juice that comes from the tomatoes. Brine made from water and sugar, or salt, or both, is prohibited. The juice which comes out of the tomatoes af- ter peeling may be added to the bulk when filling the cans, but it must be the juice of that particular lot of tomatoes. This does not apply to the juice or pulp obtained from the trim­ mings. There is also one grade each for Tomato Puree, Tomato Pulp, Tomato Paste, Concentrated Tomato Paste, Tomato Juice, and Tomato Juice Cocktail. rIomato Juice must be pack­ ed from the unconcentrated, pasteur­ ized liquid of the tomato with a sub­ stantial portion of the pulp expressed, from whole ripe tomatoes with or without the application of heat. Where salt or sugar is used, that fact must be declared on the main panel of the label in letters not less than one-eighth of an inch in height, and of a visibility equal to any other printing on the label. - Passed Away in the West Colonel B. D. Wallace, pioneer hor­ ticulturist of Manitoba, succumbed to a heart attack at his farm at Hadash- vi 11c, near Whitemouth, where he and his wife had been visiting. Me was extensively known over the province, and in's horticultural knowledge was greatly sought. Born of Scotch des­ cent in South Huron County, Ontario, and went West m 1882 and since 1910 has operated the Island Park Nurser­ ies at Portage La Prairie. He is sur­ vived by lus wife, two brothers and W. M. S. HAD FINE MEETING Fourteen members and two vis­ itors were present at the August meeting of the Gorrie Women’s Mis­ sionary Society, held in the Sunday School on Thursday last. Miss Mar­ tha Kaiite presided over the program which opened with hymn 94. Prayer by Miss Kaiite and the Scripture les­ son taken by three ladies, Mrs. R. Dane, Mrs. Irwin and Mrs, Alex. Ed- r gar. Mrs. Dane led in prayer. Miss Kaine presented the topic “Jesus dedi­ cates His life to the bringing in of the Kingdom.’’ She related some inci­ dents of neglected opportunities right here in Ontario. Mrs. Anson Ruttan, the Herald for Japan, told of the con­ version and subsequent life of a young Japanese business girl. Mrs. Gegg took the study chapter on Af­ rica. Unwittingly whites have intro­ duced many new diseases to the Afri­ cans. It is estimated that nine-tenths of the population of the Upper Congo died of sleeping sickness. She report­ ed that Rev. and Mrs. Ferguson are now back at Chissamba, after having- studied the Portugese language. Mrs. R. Ashton took charge of the business period and Mrs. Cook asked some pertinent questions about Chris­ tian Stewardship. Roll call was “Op­ portunity.” Mrs. Fydell closed the meeting with prayer. Miss Caroline Wellwood is the missionary for spec­ ial prayer during August. WROXETER Miss Margaret Durst, of Clinton, spent the week-end at her home here. Miss Evelyn Gamble, of Fordwich, visited for a few days last week at the home of Mrs. Edgar. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Stutt and fam­ ily, of Bowmanville, visited on Mon-' day of last week with friends here and Mrs. Stutt and sons remained for a longer stay. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sanderson and family, of Detroit were week-end vis­ itors with Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Sand-, erson. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cooper and two boys, of Listowel, visited on Sun­ day with Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Durst, Mr. Purdie, of Detroit, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Neil White. Mr. and Mrs. F. Kitchen spent Sun­ day with Listowel friends. Mrs. West Palmer and ntcce, Mur­ iel Henning, arc at present visiting friends in Turnberry. Rev, and Mrs. Grant and family are holidaying near Grand Bend for the month of August. Mr. Clifford McAllister of Grey Tp., called on friends in town Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. T, G. Hemphill also Mr. and Mrs. B. Martin enjoyed a motor trip up north last week. Mr. and Mr<i, Allen Munroe return­ ed from Copper Cliff on Thursday where they visited Dr, John and Mrs. Munroe. Miss Irene Wright spent a few days last week with friends near Brace­ bridge. Miss E, P. Hazelwood and Miss K. Hazelwood are holidaying with friends in Guelph and other points. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Warick, Mor­ ris, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hooper. Miss Jean and Master Harold El­ liott spent part of last week visiting- friends in Listowel. Mr. George Henderson visited De­ troit friends last week-end. Mr. Muir McLaughlin spent Sun­ day with friends at Fordwich. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Wray, Toronto, spent the week-end with the former’s mother in town. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Ross-, Montreal, are holidaying at the home of and Mrs. J. J. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Westlake family, Goderich, were, week-end itors with Mrs. Ben Wade. Miss Elva M'ctcalfe, Reg. N., of Guelph, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. J. Wylie, and Mr. Wylie. There was no service in the United Church on Sunday last. Nqxt Sunday morning, July 16th, Mr. Robt. Stocks will be in charge of the servied. The following Sunday Mr. Hopper, of Wingham will have charge. Mr. and Mr's. Pete Hay, Niagara Falls, were Monday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lovell. The deepest sympathy of the com­ munity is extended to Mr. Donald Pope and family in the sudden illness and passing of a beloved wife and mother on Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gibson of Turn­ berry spent Monday of last week at Blyth. Mrs. Dobie, of Collingwood, was a recent guest of Mrs. A. J. Sanderson. Mrs. Lome Seifert, of Fordwich, spent last week at the home of her parents, Mr, ami Mrs. John Gibson. Miss Mary Harris spent last week with friends at Wingham, Mr. and vis- Burial at Wroxeter On Wednesday last week Mrs. Sam­ uel Henery, of Dorking, was buried Garden Slug Control Garden slugs are frequently num­ erous on heavy land where they do considerable damage to beans, lettuce, cabbages, cauliflowers, and other crops. Like pests, the slugs can be more easily controlled if immediate attention is given before they increase in numbers. Infested plants and slugs should be dusted with hydrated lime in the evening after the sun has gone down and feeding has commenced. Care should be taken to cover the upper and lower surfaces of the leav­ es and the soil immediately surround­ ing the plants. Hydrated lime is effective only when in the form of a light dry pow­ der. It becomes hard when subjected to moisture, and in that condition it is not injurious to slugs. For this reason, a few light applications of lime at intervals of three or four days are much more effective than one heavy dose. Another method of control fre­ quently recommended is to spray the infested plants thoroughly with Bor­ deaux mixture. This material is re­ pellent to slugs, and if the foliage of the plants is completely covered, many of the slugs will confine their attentions to weeds growing in ad­ jacent fields. Kill Weeds Now In the summer of 1936 a set of ex­ periments were conducted at the On­ tario Agricultural College, Guelph, in order to determine how long it was necessary to expose the root stocks of Perennial Sow Thistle, Twitch Grass and Field Bind Weed to sun and air during hte summer months in order to destroy their vitality. In June, with ideal weather conditions (hot and dry) ope day’s exposure kill­ ed 100% of Sow Thistle Bind Weed. Perehnial Sc Weed root one day’s exposure, while two days’ exposure was required to give a 100% kill of Twitch Grass root stocks. In the month of August it required two days* exposure to kill the root stocks of Perennial Sow Thistle and ten days’ exposure failed to give a 100% kill of Twitch Grass root stocks. Ln September ten days’ exposure only gave a 35% kill of Perennial Sow Thistle and a 9% kill of Twitch Grass Insect Pests I he injury caused by insects this spring has been somewhat greater than usual. In Northern Ontario, for­ est tent caterpillars stripped the foli­ age from millions of trees over a wide area, particularly in the North Bay, Sudbury and Port Arthur districts. In Old Ontario, the eastern tent cat­ erpillar was prevalent almost every­ where, and tents could be seen in large numbers on unsprayed apple trees. Caterpillars have now ceased to feed and consequently will do no more damage this season. It is quite probable that they will be much less destructive next year. The glassy cutworm, which unlike most species of cutworms works be­ neath the ground and attacks the roots of plants, has been exceptional­ ly troublesome. Damage from other cutworms has been about normal. Grasshopper outbreaks have occur­ red in Renfrew, North Hastings, Northumberland and Manitoulin Is­ land. Poison bran baits have been applied promptly and present indica­ tions arc that the insects will be brought under control before they can do much damage. The sweet clover weevil, a new in­ sect, has spread over practically the entire province, and its injury to the foliage can be seen in almost every sweet clover field. It attacks alsike to a lesser extent, but so far, there is no indication that it will feed upon alfalfa or red clover. The insect is being studied at Guelph. Rose chafers are now about at their peak in light sandy land, and are do­ ing much damage to roses, fruit trees and grapes planted on this type of soil. Flea beetles have been very numerous on turnips, cabbage, potato oes, tobacco and sugar beets. The pea aphid is less destructive than a year ago. Potato beetles promise to be somewhat more plentiful. root stocks of Perennial , Conch Grass and Field In July a 100% kill of >w Thistle and Field Bind stocks was obtained by MONUMENTS at first cost Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the exe­ cution of high-class work, we ask you to see the largest display of monu­ ments of any retail factory in Ontario. All finished by sand blast machines. We import all our granites from the Old Country quarries direct, in the rough. You can save all local deal­ ers’, agents* and middleman profits by seeing us. E. J. Skelton & Son at West End Bridge—WALKERTON ELMER D. BELL* E.A. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, Etc, BRUSSELS, - - ONTARIO (Thursday and Saturday iaftemooxi* at Gorrie)